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View full screenFertility figurine (known as a Paddle doll) consisting of a flat, painted wooden body with the body with a separate string of mud beads intermixed with folded straw (imitating gold ornaments) beads suspeneed at the top as a representation of hair: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, early Middle Kingdom, c.2125 - 1795 BC
A.1911.284
Egypt, Northern Africa
Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
Wood, Mud, Straw, String, Faience
Wood; painted with designs representing textiles with a seperate string of mud beads intermixed with folded straw (imitating gold ornaments) beads which attaches to the top of the doll as a respresentation of hair.
Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Previous owner: Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909
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